# Agency CMO Trader/Structurer AVP

**Company**: Barclays
**Location**: New York, NY
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $125,000 - $175,000
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Agency CMO Trader/Structurer AVP to join our team at Barclays in New York. The successful candidate will execute trades and manage risk across a defined portfolio of Agency MBS and related financial instruments.

**Job Summary** As an Agency CMO Trader/Structurer AVP, you will play a critical role in supporting daily market-making and hedging activities while maintaining strong oversight of risk metrics, P&L reporting, and trade accuracy. You will collaborate closely with structurers, sales teams, research, and technology partners to enhance analytics, trading infrastructure, and deal execution.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Execute buy and sell orders or price liquidity in various financial instruments while adhering to the bank's trading strategies and risk parameters.

- Monitor and analyse global financial markets, economic indicators, news, and geopolitical events to identify trading opportunities and assess market risks.

- Manage and monitor the risk associated with the trading portfolio and ensure compliance with regulatory and internal risk management guidelines.

- Collaborate with research analysts and other teams to gather insights and information for trading decisions.

- Advise and influence decision-making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.

- Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well-developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function.

- Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.

**Requirements**

- Expertise in Agency MBS products, including TBA, specified pools, and CMO structures.

- Understanding of market-making, hedging strategies, and portfolio risk management.

- Proficiency in daily P&L preparation, reconciliation, and risk reporting.

- Ability to conduct prepayment analysis and mortgage relative value assessments.

- Experience collaborating with modelling, research, and technology teams to enhance trading analytics and infrastructure.

- Analytical and problem-solving capabilities with attention to detail.

- Effective communication skills for interfacing with various teams.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities and execute tasks under time-sensitive conditions.

- Collaborative mindset with a willingness to partner across functions to drive outcomes.

- High degree of accountability, integrity, and ownership in support of revenue and business goals.

**Salary Information** The minimum salary for this role is $125,000 and the maximum salary is $175,000 per year.

## Skills

### Required
- Agency MBS products
- market-making
- hedging strategies
- portfolio risk management
- P&L preparation
- prepayment analysis
- mortgage relative value assessments

### Nice to have
- analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- effective communication skills
- ability to manage multiple priorities
- collaborative mindset

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